February 2nd will be "Setsubun".
The Consumer Affairs Agency calls attention to children under the age of 5 not to eat beans, etc., as children under the age of 5 have accidents that clog their throats with small, hard things such as beans. I am.
According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, in the last 10 years, there have been 141 accidents in which children under the age of 5 got stuck in their throats from medical institutions nationwide.
Of these, soybeans and peanuts account for about 20% of the total, and in February last year, a 4-year-old child who had setsubun beans stuck in his throat suffocated and died.
According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, it is said that children will be able to chew and swallow smoothly around the age of 6, and until then, beans etc. tend to get stuck in the throat and if they get into the trachea, they will be inside. It means that it may swell and choke.
In a simulation experiment conducted by the Consumer Affairs Agency and experts, it was found that in cases where the beans were eaten in a reclining state or when the beans were put in the mouth and started running, the throat was easily clogged.
For this reason, the Consumer Affairs Agency does not allow children under the age of 5 to eat hard foods such as beans and nuts that need to be chewed, and does not run or speak with the food in their mouths. I call on you to focus on that.
In addition, some manufacturers have labeled the package of Setsubun beans to warn young children not to eat the beans.
Yoshifumi Ayuzawa, chief of the Consumer Affairs Agency's Consumer Safety Division, said, "When sowing beans, use the beans in a bag and thoroughly clean up after sowing so that children do not pick them up and put them in their mouths. Please be careful. "